Podcasting NimbinWed, 21 Jun 2017 00:04:55 +0000Mon, 20 May 2019 06:54:26 +0000Libsyn WebEngine 2.0http://nimbinradiomedia.libsyn.com
enhttp://nimbinradiomedia.libsyn.comhttp://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/e/2/e/6e2eb8eabe0ebd6b/144.jpgPodcasting NimbinnoepisodicTimor's oil and Australia's credibility gap.Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:04:55 +0000Submarine oil and gas reserves in what is known as the Timor Gap has been an issue since the Portugese controlled Timor Leste, and is believed to be behind the invasion of Timor Leste by Indonesia in 1975. The legality of agreements between Australia and Indonesia over the sharing of resources in the Timor Sea have been questioned since Timorese independence was achieved in 1999.

The Australian government refused to UN rulings on the sea boundaries. In 2016 Timor Leste launched proceedings for compulsory conciliation.

Australia and Timor Leste are currently negotiating in thee Conciliation Commission for permanent maritime boundaries, but given Australia's record, supporters of Timor Leste are not confident of a fair outcome for Timor, and the Commision itself says the process will be 'protracted'.

A delegation of the Timor Sea Justice Alliance approached Senators on June 13 to raise the issue in Parliament, and if a fair decision is not arrived at by the time of the Commission's deadline on September 17, to initiate a Senate enquiry.

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The Australian government refused to UN rulings on the sea boundaries. In 2016 Timor Leste launched proceedings for compulsory conciliation.

Australia and Timor Leste are currently negotiating in thee Conciliation Commission for permanent maritime boundaries, but given Australia's record, supporters of Timor Leste are not confident of a fair outcome for Timor, and the Commision itself says the process will be 'protracted'.

A delegation of the Timor Sea Justice Alliance approached Senators on June 13 to raise the issue in Parliament, and if a fair decision is not arrived at by the time of the Commission's deadline on September 17, to initiate a Senate enquiry.

Steven, of the Nicaraguan tortillaconsal web site explains why the Latin American countries are exceptional in providing diplomatic, and if possible, material support to the struggle of the Palestinian people.

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Steven, of the Nicaraguan tortillaconsal web site explains why the Latin American countries are exceptional in providing diplomatic, and if possible, material support to the struggle of the Palestinian people.

]]>29:00noRevisitanda una cooperativa Nica (Espanol)Tue, 22 Jul 2014 02:15:15 +0000Hermelinda, una chavala cuando la contra ataco la cooperativa de Lagartillo, ya es una profesora en la nueva escuela, y tambien de espanol para estudiantes internacionales quienes vienen para apprender y conocer la vida campesina en la communidad. Hermelinda habla de los logros de la communidad en desafio a los intentos de derrotarla.]]>Hermelinda, una chavala cuando la contra ataco la cooperativa de Lagartillo, ya es una profesora en la nueva escuela, y tambien de espanol para estudiantes internacionales quienes vienen para apprender y conocer la vida campesina en la communidad. Hermelinda habla de los logros de la communidad en desafio a los intentos de derrotarla.]]>17:53noA Nicaraguan cooperative - now and then. (EnglishTue, 22 Jul 2014 02:07:45 +0000Revisiting a Nicaraguan cooperative community where I worked in the 1980s I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the place, and the advances of the community. Luis talks about the changes.]]>Revisiting a Nicaraguan cooperative community where I worked in the 1980s I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the place, and the advances of the community. Luis talks about the changes.]]>22:37noGaza Strip, on the groundSat, 19 Jul 2014 02:18:18 +0000Julie Webb, reporting from the Middle East for the last three years tells us what it is like to be close to the Israeli 'border' and to have to care for the victims of Israeli targeting of civilians - like a hospital where only severely disabled people remain.]]>Julie Webb, reporting from the Middle East for the last three years tells us what it is like to be close to the Israeli 'border' and to have to care for the victims of Israeli targeting of civilians - like a hospital where only severely disabled people remain.]]>12:06noA visit to a Nicaraguan Cooperative Part 7 (English)Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:11:10 +0000Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>08:23noA Visit to a Nicaraguan cooperative Part 6 (English)Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:03:58 +0000Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>07:15noA Visit to a Nicaraguan Cooperative Part 5 (English)Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:58:20 +0000Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>07:54noA Visit to a Nicaraguan Cooperative Part 4 (English)Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:51:15 +0000Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>03:14noA Nicaraguan cooperative Part 3Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:46:36 +0000Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>Toni Solo walks us through the cooperative school he has founded on the outskirts of Esteli.]]>05:26noMemories of Victor Jara -Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:37:12 +0000

Paul Baker, living in Nicaragua for the past 20 years recalls the long trajectory that brought him there - from first encounters with refugees from Pinochet's Chile in the early 1970s, to the Peace March through Central America in the 1980s, working with Salvadoran refugees, and most recently a memorial tour for Chilean songwriter Victor Jara, with Victor's widow, Joan Jara.

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Paul Baker, living in Nicaragua for the past 20 years recalls the long trajectory that brought him there - from first encounters with refugees from Pinochet's Chile in the early 1970s, to the Peace March through Central America in the 1980s, working with Salvadoran refugees, and most recently a memorial tour for Chilean songwriter Victor Jara, with Victor's widow, Joan Jara.

Carl and Carolyne are in El Salvador with the 70 person strong CISPES delegation of observers for the 2014 elections in El Salvador. Carl has been with CISPES almost since its inception over twenty years ago. Carolyne is part of a new generation that sees the work of CISPES as a shared pathway between cultures and generations.

The history of El Salvador has been narrated as a history of violence. Nothing in that particular narrative includes the history of US intervention, the history of the US training of the worst perpetrators of violence, the agenda that agencies within the US Government see as the supervening business interests that require the reorganization of the 'State' to their own requirements. CISPES has succeeded in changing the course of the JUggernaut.

CISPES, Carl, and Carolyne demonstrate just how false that narrative is. And they tell us now, just how they did it. Can their example follow ?

Carl and Carolyne are in El Salvador with the 70 person strong CISPES delegation of observers for the 2014 elections in El Salvador. Carl has been with CISPES almost since its inception over twenty years ago. Carolyne is part of a new generation that sees the work of CISPES as a shared pathway between cultures and generations.

The history of El Salvador has been narrated as a history of violence. Nothing in that particular narrative includes the history of US intervention, the history of the US training of the worst perpetrators of violence, the agenda that agencies within the US Government see as the supervening business interests that require the reorganization of the 'State' to their own requirements. CISPES has succeeded in changing the course of the JUggernaut.

CISPES, Carl, and Carolyne demonstrate just how false that narrative is. And they tell us now, just how they did it. Can their example follow ?

]]>17:51noMariposa Part 3. Life with Radio Vencemos. (Spanish/Espanol)Fri, 17 Jan 2014 23:52:00 +0000

The 'voice' of clandestine radio Venceremos, Mariposa, tells us how she was recruited to be the female announcer for the FMLN, and her life in the mountains, moving around with the portable transmitter to avoid discovery by government troops.

The 'voice' of clandestine radio Venceremos, Mariposa, tells us how she was recruited to be the female announcer for the FMLN, and her life in the mountains, moving around with the portable transmitter to avoid discovery by government troops.

Karen Spring is a journalist and researcher based in Honduras. She was present during the 2009 coup and is currently working out of the main human rights office in Honduras (COFEDAH). An expert observer of Honduran politics, she gives her assessment of what is happening in the lead up to the Honduras'elections, behind the facade presented to the rest of the world.

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Karen Spring is a journalist and researcher based in Honduras. She was present during the 2009 coup and is currently working out of the main human rights office in Honduras (COFEDAH). An expert observer of Honduran politics, she gives her assessment of what is happening in the lead up to the Honduras'elections, behind the facade presented to the rest of the world.

]]>17:32noZapatista women (Spanish/Espanol)Sat, 16 Nov 2013 05:21:00 +0000Janette describes her experience of life in a Zapatista community, with a strong emphasis on the role of women.]]>Janette describes her experience of life in a Zapatista community, with a strong emphasis on the role of women.]]>18:44noZapatista Schools (Spanish/Espanol)Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:23:00 +0000

A Mexican photojournalist who covered the zapatista uprising of January 1 1994 describes his experience of a Zapatista community 18 years later.

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A Mexican photojournalist who covered the zapatista uprising of January 1 1994 describes his experience of a Zapatista community 18 years later.

Mariposa comments on the current debate in El Salvador and other countries in the region of Central America about the issue of ím punity' - or amnesty for those known to be guilty of war crimes and gross human rights violations that took place during the 12 year civil war in El Salvador.

Mariposa comments on the current debate in El Salvador and other countries in the region of Central America about the issue of ím punity' - or amnesty for those known to be guilty of war crimes and gross human rights violations that took place during the 12 year civil war in El Salvador.

Rudolfo Pacheco, a Mexican Philosophy teacher explains the whys and wherefores of the Mexican teachers' protests. The teachers have occupied the Zocalo for over 5 months in protest against 'Educational Reform' legislation, claiming that it is more about labor reform than educational reform, because it requires the teachers to undergo periodic evaluation to continue working in their profession.

In the second week of September the legislation was passed, and the teachers shut down the centre of Mexico City with confrontations with the police. On Friday they were evicted from the Zocalo and they have relocated to other public locations in the city, and are continuing with their protest marches.

Rudolfo Pacheco, a Mexican Philosophy teacher explains the whys and wherefores of the Mexican teachers' protests. The teachers have occupied the Zocalo for over 5 months in protest against 'Educational Reform' legislation, claiming that it is more about labor reform than educational reform, because it requires the teachers to undergo periodic evaluation to continue working in their profession.

In the second week of September the legislation was passed, and the teachers shut down the centre of Mexico City with confrontations with the police. On Friday they were evicted from the Zocalo and they have relocated to other public locations in the city, and are continuing with their protest marches.

Second part of an interview with Toni Solo, based in Nicaragua. In the context of the legal and international rights controversies generated by Snowden, Assange, the trials of Guatemalan ex-President Rios Montt for war crimes, and the Canadian mining company Hudbay for Human rights violations, the meeting of the Latin American ALBA countries in Ecuador this week, to discuss human rights issues takes on significant geopolitical weight.

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Second part of an interview with Toni Solo, based in Nicaragua. In the context of the legal and international rights controversies generated by Snowden, Assange, the trials of Guatemalan ex-President Rios Montt for war crimes, and the Canadian mining company Hudbay for Human rights violations, the meeting of the Latin American ALBA countries in Ecuador this week, to discuss human rights issues takes on significant geopolitical weight.

First part of an interview with Toni Solo, based in Nicaragua. In the context of the legal and international rights controversies generated by Snowden, Assange, the trials of Guatemalan ex-President Rios Montt for war crimes, and the Canadian mining company Hudbay for Human rights violations, the meeting of the Latin American ALBA countries in Ecuador this week, to discuss human rights issues takes on significant geopolitical weight.

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First part of an interview with Toni Solo, based in Nicaragua. In the context of the legal and international rights controversies generated by Snowden, Assange, the trials of Guatemalan ex-President Rios Montt for war crimes, and the Canadian mining company Hudbay for Human rights violations, the meeting of the Latin American ALBA countries in Ecuador this week, to discuss human rights issues takes on significant geopolitical weight.

Toni Dolo reports from Nicaragua. Why whistleblower Snowden would want to go there , how Venezuela is sending US State Secretary John Kerry bonkers, and why Latin American countries (and some in the Caribbean) are standing up for their rights. Musical breaks from David Rovic's Prism album.

Toni Dolo reports from Nicaragua. Why whistleblower Snowden would want to go there , how Venezuela is sending US State Secretary John Kerry bonkers, and why Latin American countries (and some in the Caribbean) are standing up for their rights. Musical breaks from David Rovic's Prism album.

Toni Solo from Nicaragua talks about some of the environmental and geopolitical issues at stake in the announcement by the Nicaraguan government of an agreement with a Hong Kong based Chinese company to go ahead with feasability studies for a massive canal project connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean coast through largely uninhabited jungle areas of Nicaragua.

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Toni Solo from Nicaragua talks about some of the environmental and geopolitical issues at stake in the announcement by the Nicaraguan government of an agreement with a Hong Kong based Chinese company to go ahead with feasability studies for a massive canal project connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean coast through largely uninhabited jungle areas of Nicaragua.

Toni Solo from Nicaragua talks about some of the environmental and geopolitical issues at stake in the announcement by the Nicaraguan government of an agreement with a Hong Kong based Chinese company to go ahead with feasability studies for a massive canal project connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean coast through largely uninhabited jungle areas of Nicaragua.

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Toni Solo from Nicaragua talks about some of the environmental and geopolitical issues at stake in the announcement by the Nicaraguan government of an agreement with a Hong Kong based Chinese company to go ahead with feasability studies for a massive canal project connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Caribbean coast through largely uninhabited jungle areas of Nicaragua.

Grahame Russel is a Canadian lawyer who works with Rights Action (http://rightsaction.org). He was in Guatemala as an observer for the trial of Rios Efrain Montt who is accused of being responsible for the genocide of over 100 thousand Mayan indigenous people during his term as President in the early 1980s. Grahame makes the point that this is a ground breaking trial as it implicates the current President of Guatemala who was a major in the Guatemalan Armed Forces at the time the human rights abuses and the genocide was peaking. Alan Nairn, a journalist who filmed current President Otto Perez Molina gloating over the bodies of villagers suspected of being supporters of the guerilla forces was blocked from presenting evidence at the trial. (http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/19/exclusive_allan_nairn_exposes_role_of)

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Grahame Russel is a Canadian lawyer who works with Rights Action (http://rightsaction.org). He was in Guatemala as an observer for the trial of Rios Efrain Montt who is accused of being responsible for the genocide of over 100 thousand Mayan indigenous people during his term as President in the early 1980s. Grahame makes the point that this is a ground breaking trial as it implicates the current President of Guatemala who was a major in the Guatemalan Armed Forces at the time the human rights abuses and the genocide was peaking. Alan Nairn, a journalist who filmed current President Otto Perez Molina gloating over the bodies of villagers suspected of being supporters of the guerilla forces was blocked from presenting evidence at the trial. (http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/19/exclusive_allan_nairn_exposes_role_of)

Pavel Nunez Duarte, Honduras' revolutionary musican and songwriter, of the top selling band 'Cafe Guancasco' talks to community radio about how politics informs their music. A teacher of mathematics, a student organiser, and now active in the Resistance Front of Honduras against the coup, he finds music is 'another language', his guitar 'a megaphone' to communicate the social realities of Honduras. He can't say how he 'came to be involved in politics' because it has always been part of his life. It is more a question of why he can't leave it ! A revealing interview in which even the explanation of 'Guancasco' has a social import. A 'Guancasco, he says, is a gathering , or get together of people in an indigenous community. You don't get that, in the cities but, he explains, in urban communities around the world you have 'Cafes' . Hence the name - a blend of the modern and the traditional, the regional and the global.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRzsUAIAUxQ

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Pavel Nunez Duarte, Honduras' revolutionary musican and songwriter, of the top selling band 'Cafe Guancasco' talks to community radio about how politics informs their music. A teacher of mathematics, a student organiser, and now active in the Resistance Front of Honduras against the coup, he finds music is 'another language', his guitar 'a megaphone' to communicate the social realities of Honduras. He can't say how he 'came to be involved in politics' because it has always been part of his life. It is more a question of why he can't leave it ! A revealing interview in which even the explanation of 'Guancasco' has a social import. A 'Guancasco, he says, is a gathering , or get together of people in an indigenous community. You don't get that, in the cities but, he explains, in urban communities around the world you have 'Cafes' . Hence the name - a blend of the modern and the traditional, the regional and the global.

Jose Belo is a Timorese man who perhaps represents the highest values of journalism. Active in the Timorese resistance movement against the Indonesian occupation, he was a critical factor in enabling those few independent Australian journalists who contrived to work in Timor Leste (legendary journalists like John Martinkus, Max Stahl, and others) to gather critical information about the Indonesian occupation, and to get that information out. He was captured and tortured by the Indonesians 7 times, continuing to work in Timor even though he had the opportunity to live in exile in Australia.

After Timorese independence he became a journalist, still maintaining a critical and independent attitude to successive governments of Timor Leste. One year he was threatened with house arrest when he accused a government minister of corruption. He is currently the editor of "Tempo Semanal", a weekly publication that is one of the most influential in the country, still attacking the government on issues of corruption and misspending of state finances.

He was involved in the making of the film Balibo, and more recently, the subject of a more recent film ('Breaking the news') about to be released exposing the behaviour and role of some foreign journalists working in Timor Leste whose ethical and professional standards do not perhaps, match up to Jose's own.

In this interview he talks about his values as a journalist, why he became a journalist, how he became a journalist, and the values that inform his work.

Note: This is a raw, unedited sound file. The sound quality is generally adequate for reproduction, but another shortened edited and contextualised version of this interview will be posted soon.

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Jose Belo is a Timorese man who perhaps represents the highest values of journalism. Active in the Timorese resistance movement against the Indonesian occupation, he was a critical factor in enabling those few independent Australian journalists who contrived to work in Timor Leste (legendary journalists like John Martinkus, Max Stahl, and others) to gather critical information about the Indonesian occupation, and to get that information out. He was captured and tortured by the Indonesians 7 times, continuing to work in Timor even though he had the opportunity to live in exile in Australia.

After Timorese independence he became a journalist, still maintaining a critical and independent attitude to successive governments of Timor Leste. One year he was threatened with house arrest when he accused a government minister of corruption. He is currently the editor of "Tempo Semanal", a weekly publication that is one of the most influential in the country, still attacking the government on issues of corruption and misspending of state finances.

He was involved in the making of the film Balibo, and more recently, the subject of a more recent film ('Breaking the news') about to be released exposing the behaviour and role of some foreign journalists working in Timor Leste whose ethical and professional standards do not perhaps, match up to Jose's own.

In this interview he talks about his values as a journalist, why he became a journalist, how he became a journalist, and the values that inform his work.

Note: This is a raw, unedited sound file. The sound quality is generally adequate for reproduction, but another shortened edited and contextualised version of this interview will be posted soon.

Head of the PNTL (Timorese National Police), Longhuino Monteiro has been called on to resign for a series of incidents involving 'missing' weapons over several years. The most recent is the disappearance of a high powered automatic weapon, with 60 rounds of ammunition from the car of the head of Police Intelligence while it was parked outside a brothel. Longuino dismissed this as 'not a problem - a single weapon is not a threat to public security'. But this, and other weapons that have gone missing over the years is, according to the NGO Fundasaun Mahein a flaw in the PNTL that Monteiro has not addressed.

Fundasaun Mahein (Guardian Foundation) is an NGO that evolved as a watchdog research organisation concerned with issues of public security out of the destabilising conflicts of 2006 and 2007, that involved elements of both the Timorese Police and the the Timorese Armed Forces, who at times were involved in armed conflict against each other.

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Head of the PNTL (Timorese National Police), Longhuino Monteiro has been called on to resign for a series of incidents involving 'missing' weapons over several years. The most recent is the disappearance of a high powered automatic weapon, with 60 rounds of ammunition from the car of the head of Police Intelligence while it was parked outside a brothel. Longuino dismissed this as 'not a problem - a single weapon is not a threat to public security'. But this, and other weapons that have gone missing over the years is, according to the NGO Fundasaun Mahein a flaw in the PNTL that Monteiro has not addressed.

Fundasaun Mahein (Guardian Foundation) is an NGO that evolved as a watchdog research organisation concerned with issues of public security out of the destabilising conflicts of 2006 and 2007, that involved elements of both the Timorese Police and the the Timorese Armed Forces, who at times were involved in armed conflict against each other.

]]>10:41noClearyViewpoint.mp3Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:28:57 +000004:41noSounds of a Timorese electionTue, 31 Jul 2012 00:30:00 +000020Mb Stereo 28 minutesA 'soundscape' treatment of the 2012 East Timorese general elections which were peaceful and well conducted. A team of Australian observers went up into the hills of the Ermera province to monitor the process, spread among three mountain villages. Includes interviews with the Australian observers, a Timorese police official, and some of the count.

A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was not well known or understood.

A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was virtually unkown to the general Australian public.

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A small group of Australians with a long history of support for the East Timorese struggle for independence meet with the research team of the CAVR (Commission for Reception, Truth, and Reconciliation). The team is producing a book about the East Timorese struggle for independence, and the years fo the resistance struggle, but from a bottom up perspective. Rather than focus on the well known identities, leaders and personalities that have characterised many of the histories of the struggle fo the Timorese, they are focussing on the testimonies of the mass of people who supported the struggle and were often the main victims of Indonesian reprisals and repression. It will focus particularly on women, and also the solidarity movement. Four Australians recall the early years of Australian solidarity at a time when the struggle of the Timorese people was virtually unkown to the general Australian public.

Media conference to divulge the outcome of an investigation into potentially criminal conduct by PNTL Squad Members stationed at Hera who shot and killed FRETILIN militant, Armindo Pereira Soares on 16 – 07- 2012.

Through this press conference we want to share with the media and public at large that the FRETILIN Central Committee (CCF) when we heard that PNTL had shot and killed FRETILIN militant, Armindo Pereira Soares, in Hera the morning of 16-07-2012, CCF FRETILIN immediately established and sent out an investigative team composed of:

in order to investigate the case of the PNTL Police in Hera shooting dead FRETILIN militant Armindo Prereira Soares in Hera- Sub-District, Metinaro.

It was felt necessary to immediately take statements from potential material witnesses to the incident, due to what appeared to FRETILIN as attempts to cover up the incident, and the history of a number of violent incidents against citizens, including homicides that have thus far gone unresolved.

The following is the chronology of facts and evidence that the internal FRETILIN investigation found:

1. On the morning of 16 July 2012 between 6 and 9 am, the situation in Aldeia Mota Kiik, the location of the incident, was normal and calm, without any disturbances or rock throwing, nor burning of tires on the public road. According to the information gathered by the FRETILIN investigation team, tires had been burnt, people screaming and throwing stones at each other on the night of the 15th of July 2012, but by 9 am on the morning of the 16th of July 2012, the situation was extremely calm, with students preparing and some on their way to school and everyone going about their daily chores.

2. As the situation in the area was calm, there were no disturbances or rock throwing along the Hera-Dili public road, Armindo Pereira Soares (the deceased) waited along the roadside for public transport (at a distance between 5-10 meters from his house) to come to Dili to attend his classes at University of Dili. According to information gathered, Armindo Pereira Soares, lives with his older brother Abel Ximenes in Becora, but on Saturday the 14th of July 2012, the deceased traveled to Hera to get some money from his Auntie, Sra Ana Senhorinha Alves, alias Bilesa, a veteran of the armed struggle, to pay for his university studies.

3. Whilst the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares and his friend Joanico Freitas were waiting for the microlet, the deceased, Armindo Pereira Soares, told Joanico he had forgotten the money his Aunt had given him on the dinning table. He turned to go and retrieve the money he had forgotten. At that moment traveling from the direction of Hera the Hera police post vehicle, on which were riding between 5-10 police officers, was heading towards them at very high speed. From far, before nearing the place where the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares and Joanico Freitas were standing waiting for the microlet, a police officer fired an a warning shot in the air and the vehicle stopped whilst the police officers descended from it. Meanwhile the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares was walking slowly (not running) to his Auntie’s house. When the deceased had returned to his Auntie’s house, 3 police officers, one named Agostinho Cardoso, another named Mario and a third police officer whose name is unknown, they pursued the deceased, Armindo Pereira Soares, who was already on the veranda of the house of the veteran and former combatant, Ana Senhorina Alves (Bilesa) where she, as the owner of the house sat on a chair near the door to the veranda.

4. The three police officers, Agostinho Cardoso, Mario and their third colleague, entered the house without the permission of the owner and veteran Bilesa, immediately began to strike the head of the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares with their police batons whilst the deceased yelled repeatedly “I haven’t done anything wrong. I haven’t done anything wrong.” As a result of these violent strikes, the head of the deceased began to bleed profusely on the cement inside the house of the veteran, Builesa. After the three police officers had physically assaulted and wounding the deceased to the point of bleeding from his head, the three police officers dragged him out of the house and pushed him towards the roadside adjascent to the house. Whilst this was occurring, the veteran Bilesa and Sr. Joanico Meneses were standing on the veranda witnessing these brutal and inhuman acts of these police officers with their own eyes.

5. Once the 3 police officers had dragged and pushed the deceased to the roadside, a policeman named Agostinho Cardoso shot the deceased on his leg with his pistol. Ana Senhorina Alves, Builesa, and Joanico Meneses could see the police officer Agostinho Cardoso shoot the deceased’s leg from where they were standing on the veranda of their house, a short distance away.

6. Following the 3 police officers together with others, dragged and pushed the deceased into the back of the vehicle. Whilst they were dragging and pushing he deceased, Armindo, some police officers were pushing him from behind while others had grabbed him by his shoulders and lifted the deceased inside the vehicle. At that very moment a police officer by the name of Mario shot the deceased on his right abdomen with his pistol. This was also witnessed by Martinho da Silva who usually sells clothing on the roadside, near the place of the incident. Nearby another witness named Jacinto also witnessed the shooting of the deceased by the policeman Mario. Both witnesses made statements that they saw with their own eyes the policeman Mario shoot the right side of the abdomen of the deceased whilst they were lifting and throwing the deceased inside the vehicle. This physical aggression, beating with batons, shooting the deceased’s leg and abdomen, resulted in the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares, dying on the way to the hospital inside the Hera police post vehicle.

7. As such the actions of these police officers must be the subject of a criminal investigation and if found guilty of a crime the police officers concerned should be dismissed from the PNTL.

8. According to the observation of the internal FRETILIN investigation team, the PNTL showed a lack of professionalism and a lack of impartiality in performing their duty in this instance and only showed acts of cruelty and inhumanity in randomly beating and fatally shooting an innocent person.

9. The statements and report will be forwarded to the prosecutor general's office and the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice promptly urging an urgent investigation.

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FRETILIN
Media Conference Held at Parliament House, Dili, 18.7.2012
Media conference to divulge the outcome of an investigation into potentially criminal conduct by PNTL Squad Members stationed at Hera who shot and killed FRETILIN militant, Armindo Pereira Soares on 16 – 07- 2012.
Through this press conference we want to share with the media and public at large that the FRETILIN Central Committee (CCF) when we heard that PNTL had shot and killed FRETILIN militant, Armindo Pereira Soares, in Hera the morning of 16-07-2012, CCF FRETILIN immediately established and sent out an investigative team composed of:
1. Deputy Domingos Maria Sarmento, President of the National Justice Commission2. Jose Agostinho Sequieira, Somocho, Vice-President of the Ex-combatants and Veterans Association. 3. José Guterres, Lawyer,
in order to investigate the case of the PNTL Police in Hera shooting dead FRETILIN militant Armindo Prereira Soares in Hera- Sub-District, Metinaro.
It was felt necessary to immediately take statements from potential material witnesses to the incident, due to what appeared to FRETILIN as attempts to cover up the incident, and the history of a number of violent incidents against citizens, including homicides that have thus far gone unresolved.
The following is the chronology of facts and evidence that the internal FRETILIN investigation found:
1. On the morning of 16 July 2012 between 6 and 9 am, the situation in Aldeia Mota Kiik, the location of the incident, was normal and calm, without any disturbances or rock throwing, nor burning of tires on the public road. According to the information gathered by the FRETILIN investigation team, tires had been burnt, people screaming and throwing stones at each other on the night of the 15th of July 2012, but by 9 am on the morning of the 16th of July 2012, the situation was extremely calm, with students preparing and some on their way to school and everyone going about their daily chores.
2. As the situation in the area was calm, there were no disturbances or rock throwing along the Hera-Dili public road, Armindo Pereira Soares (the deceased) waited along the roadside for public transport (at a distance between 5-10 meters from his house) to come to Dili to attend his classes at University of Dili. According to information gathered, Armindo Pereira Soares, lives with his older brother Abel Ximenes in Becora, but on Saturday the 14th of July 2012, the deceased traveled to Hera to get some money from his Auntie, Sra Ana Senhorinha Alves, alias Bilesa, a veteran of the armed struggle, to pay for his university studies.
3. Whilst the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares and his friend Joanico Freitas were waiting for the microlet, the deceased, Armindo Pereira Soares, told Joanico he had forgotten the money his Aunt had given him on the dinning table. He turned to go and retrieve the money he had forgotten. At that moment traveling from the direction of Hera the Hera police post vehicle, on which were riding between 5-10 police officers, was heading towards them at very high speed. From far, before nearing the place where the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares and Joanico Freitas were standing waiting for the microlet, a police officer fired an a warning shot in the air and the vehicle stopped whilst the police officers descended from it. Meanwhile the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares was walking slowly (not running) to his Auntie’s house. When the deceased had returned to his Auntie’s house, 3 police officers, one named Agostinho Cardoso, another named Mario and a third police officer whose name is unknown, they pursued the deceased, Armindo Pereira Soares, who was already on the veranda of the house of the veteran and former combatant, Ana Senhorina Alves (Bilesa) where she, as the owner of the house sat on a chair near the door to the veranda.
4. The three police officers, Agostinho Cardoso, Mario and their third colleague, entered the house without the permission of the owner and veteran Bilesa, immediately began to strike the head of the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares with their police batons whilst the deceased yelled repeatedly “I haven’t done anything wrong. I haven’t done anything wrong.” As a result of these violent strikes, the head of the deceased began to bleed profusely on the cement inside the house of the veteran, Builesa. After the three police officers had physically assaulted and wounding the deceased to the point of bleeding from his head, the three police officers dragged him out of the house and pushed him towards the roadside adjascent to the house. Whilst this was occurring, the veteran Bilesa and Sr. Joanico Meneses were standing on the veranda witnessing these brutal and inhuman acts of these police officers with their own eyes.
5. Once the 3 police officers had dragged and pushed the deceased to the roadside, a policeman named Agostinho Cardoso shot the deceased on his leg with his pistol. Ana Senhorina Alves, Builesa, and Joanico Meneses could see the police officer Agostinho Cardoso shoot the deceased’s leg from where they were standing on the veranda of their house, a short distance away.
6. Following the 3 police officers together with others, dragged and pushed the deceased into the back of the vehicle. Whilst they were dragging and pushing he deceased, Armindo, some police officers were pushing him from behind while others had grabbed him by his shoulders and lifted the deceased inside the vehicle. At that very moment a police officer by the name of Mario shot the deceased on his right abdomen with his pistol. This was also witnessed by Martinho da Silva who usually sells clothing on the roadside, near the place of the incident. Nearby another witness named Jacinto also witnessed the shooting of the deceased by the policeman Mario. Both witnesses made statements that they saw with their own eyes the policeman Mario shoot the right side of the abdomen of the deceased whilst they were lifting and throwing the deceased inside the vehicle. This physical aggression, beating with batons, shooting the deceased’s leg and abdomen, resulted in the deceased Armindo Pereira Soares, dying on the way to the hospital inside the Hera police post vehicle.
7. As such the actions of these police officers must be the subject of a criminal investigation and if found guilty of a crime the police officers concerned should be dismissed from the PNTL.
8. According to the observation of the internal FRETILIN investigation team, the PNTL showed a lack of professionalism and a lack of impartiality in performing their duty in this instance and only showed acts of cruelty and inhumanity in randomly beating and fatally shooting an innocent person.
9. The statements and report will be forwarded to the prosecutor general's office and the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice promptly urging an urgent investigation.
Dili, 18July 2012.

A press conference held by General Secretary of Fretilin, Mari Alkatiri on Monday 16 after some violent incidents following the broadcast of the CNRT General Assembly on Sunday. The CNRT had decided to exclude Fretilin from government. Fretilin was prepared for the decision, but not the provocative and offensive language in which it was couched. Many Fretilin supporters felt insulted, and reacted angrily.

The press conference was mainly in Tetum, but a short translation in English is posted below.

President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak has called for all the Timorese people to keep peace and stability during the process of establishing the new government.

The president made the comments during a meeting with the four political parties, such as CNRT, Fretilin, PD and Frenti Mudanca which had got seats in the parliament.

“Before the parliamentary election, the president and the international communities have called on the Timorese people to accept the result of the elections. But unfortunately, yesterday’s violence was not committed by the parties which lose in the elections, but those which won the elections.”

“I am concerned about such a situation; therefore I am now meeting with CNRT party’s president, Fretilin president and its secretary general. PD party’s secretary general and Frenti Mudansa’s secretary general to remind your followers,” he said.

President TMR called these political parties’ leaders to have a contact with their followers to maintain the peace and stability of the country.

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A press conference held by General Secretary of Fretilin, Mari Alkatiri on Monday 16 after some violent incidents following the broadcast of the CNRT General Assembly on Sunday. The CNRT had decided to exclude Fretilin from government. Fretilin was prepared for the decision, but not the provocative and offensive language in which it was couched. Many Fretilin supporters felt insulted, and reacted angrily.

The press conference was mainly in Tetum, but a short translation in English is posted below.

*Fretilin secretary general calls for CNRT’s responsibility *Timornewsline, July 16, 2012 Fretilin Secretary-General Mari Alkatiri has called for Xanana Gusmao CNRT party to be responsible for violence broke out on Friday (15/7).According to him, CNRT party’s conference had caused the weekend’s violence due to some participants of the conference openly criticized Fretilin as the country’s historic party.“We are feeling very sad because some of the participants in the conference lack responsibility by damaging our party’s image. We do not accept it,” he said.Mr. Alkatiri said his party had not questioned the decision which was made in the conference, but they were concerned about some of the participants who damaged the party [Fretilin] dignity.“We do respect the result of the elections because the winning party has the right to appoint any party to form the new government as there was no party won the majority of the votes,” he said.He also called on CNRT party to publicly apologize to the Fretilin and its followers over the open criticism made in the conference.*President TMR calls for peace and stability *Radio e Televizaun de Timor-Leste, July 17, 2012 language source: TetunPresident of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak has called for all the Timorese people to keep peace and stability during the process of establishing the new government.The president made the comments during a meeting with the four political parties, such as CNRT, Fretilin, PD and Frenti Mudanca which had got seats in the parliament.“Before the parliamentary election, the president and the international communities have called on the Timorese people to accept the result of the elections. But unfortunately, yesterday’s violence was not committed by the parties which lose in the elections, but those which won the elections.”“I am concerned about such a situation; therefore I am now meeting with CNRT party’s president, Fretilin president and its secretary general. PD party’s secretary general and Frenti Mudansa’s secretary general to remind your followers,” he said.President TMR called these political parties’ leaders to have a contact with their followers to maintain the peace and stability of the country.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending.At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending.At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending.At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending.At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending. For more details, seehttp://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-timor-leste-got-ten-billion-dollars.html .

At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending. For more details, seehttp://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-timor-leste-got-ten-billion-dollars.html .

At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending. For more details, seehttp://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-timor-leste-got-ten-billion-dollars.html .

At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Charles Scheiner and Juvenal are researchers for the Lao Hamutuk ("Walking Together) NGO in Timor Leste. For many years Lao Hamatuk has been monitoring the governance of Timor Leste. Among other things, they look at how TL spends its oil revenues, which come from exporting the nonrenewable oil and gas reserves under the Timor Sea. Returns on investing the Petroleum Fund are only about one-tenth of the royalties and revenues paid by oil companies. As the oil and gas reserves are depleted, and oil revenues fall, investment returns will not be nearly enough to sustaining TL's state spending. For more details, seehttp://laohamutuk.blogspot.com/2012/05/how-timor-leste-got-ten-billion-dollars.html .

At the time of the 2012 general elections they are particularly critical of the government of the past five years, and concerned that the incoming government review its spending priorities.

Three days after the 2012 general election results it was still unclear how the new government would be formed. Neither of the two major parties had a clear majority. The governing CNRT could either form a coalition government with the two minor parties, or a government of National Unity with Fretilin. Speculation was rife. At this time Mari Alkatiri, the General Secretary of Fretilin granted an exclusive interview with an Australian media team, where he referred to the events of 2006 that led to the destabilisation of his government and forced his resignation from the position of Prime Minister.

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Three days after the 2012 general election results it was still unclear how the new government would be formed. Neither of the two major parties had a clear majority. The governing CNRT could either form a coalition government with the two minor parties, or a government of National Unity with Fretilin. Speculation was rife. At this time Mari Alkatiri, the General Secretary of Fretilin granted an exclusive interview with an Australian media team, where he referred to the events of 2006 that led to the destabilisation of his government and forced his resignation from the position of Prime Minister.

Bob Boughton was in Timor Leste to observe the elections. At the time of the interview it was uncertain whether the former CNRT government (which obtained the highest vote, but not an absolute majority) would create a coalition with the Democratic Party (with several of its Ministers under investigation for corruption), or form a Government of National Unity with the Fretilin Party.

While the interview was taking the place the CNRT was holding a televised Assembly. At the end of the day it recommended against forming a government with Fretilin. It is expected that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao will ratify that decision,but not entirely certain; but a new government cannot be declared until the President, Tau Matan Ruak returns from a trip to Mozambique.

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Bob Boughton was in Timor Leste to observe the elections. At the time of the interview it was uncertain whether the former CNRT government (which obtained the highest vote, but not an absolute majority) would create a coalition with the Democratic Party (with several of its Ministers under investigation for corruption), or form a Government of National Unity with the Fretilin Party.

While the interview was taking the place the CNRT was holding a televised Assembly. At the end of the day it recommended against forming a government with Fretilin. It is expected that Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao will ratify that decision,but not entirely certain; but a new government cannot be declared until the President, Tau Matan Ruak returns from a trip to Mozambique.

Bob Boughton, Associate Professor at the University of New England has been working on education programs in Timor Leste. He was impressed with the work of the Cuban literacy brigades and succeeded in bringing a Cuban educator to an Aboriginal community in Willcania. The pilot project has thus far proved to be eminently successful, and could be applied to other remote Aboriginal communities.

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Bob Boughton, Associate Professor at the University of New England has been working on education programs in Timor Leste. He was impressed with the work of the Cuban literacy brigades and succeeded in bringing a Cuban educator to an Aboriginal community in Willcania. The pilot project has thus far proved to be eminently successful, and could be applied to other remote Aboriginal communities.

East Timor expert Jim Dunn discusses the election prospects of the Fretilin party next July. East Timorese politics is best understood by looking at the historic role of Fretilin as the political party which declared East Timor's independence in 1975, the event which triggered the illegal Indonesian invasion of 1975, and its role in the resistance movement against the Indonesian occupation through the 1970s and beyond. Jim details this history, drawing on his own experience and knowledge of the key figures involved.

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East Timor expert Jim Dunn discusses the election prospects of the Fretilin party next July. East Timorese politics is best understood by looking at the historic role of Fretilin as the political party which declared East Timor's independence in 1975, the event which triggered the illegal Indonesian invasion of 1975, and its role in the resistance movement against the Indonesian occupation through the 1970s and beyond. Jim details this history, drawing on his own experience and knowledge of the key figures involved.

Independent documentary film maker David Bradbury made a big impact on the English speaking world with his documentary about the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, released in 1984. The centrepiece of this powerful documentary was a meeting with the last surviving founding member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Tomas Borge.

When Tomas Borge died at the age of 81, a few hours before Mayday, 2012, David shared some of his memories of the man with community radio, and the story of how his documentary "Nicaragua, No Pasaran" came to be made.

(More about David and his work can be found at his website http://frontlinefilms.com.au)

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Independent documentary film maker David Bradbury made a big impact on the English speaking world with his documentary about the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, released in 1984. The centrepiece of this powerful documentary was a meeting with the last surviving founding member of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Tomas Borge.

When Tomas Borge died at the age of 81, a few hours before Mayday, 2012, David shared some of his memories of the man with community radio, and the story of how his documentary "Nicaragua, No Pasaran" came to be made.

(More about David and his work can be found at his website http://frontlinefilms.com.au)

Jose Texeira, Fretilin Parliamentarian and member of the Central Committee of Fretiliin comments on te upcoming East Timorese Elections.

There are over a dozen candidates for the Presidential elections in East Timor coming up in March. Fretilin candidate, former resistance leader and Fretilin organiser looks like the strongest candidate to challenge the incumbent Jose Ramos Horta. But with a wide range of candidates, some with a strong personal following, a run off between Horta and Lu'Olo could be unpredictable.

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Jose Texeira, Fretilin Parliamentarian and member of the Central Committee of Fretiliin comments on te upcoming East Timorese Elections.

There are over a dozen candidates for the Presidential elections in East Timor coming up in March. Fretilin candidate, former resistance leader and Fretilin organiser looks like the strongest candidate to challenge the incumbent Jose Ramos Horta. But with a wide range of candidates, some with a strong personal following, a run off between Horta and Lu'Olo could be unpredictable.

Toni Solo, host of http://tortillaconsal.com continues his analysis of the Nicaraguan elections and the landslide victory of the Sandinista Front looking at what this means for the region, and what it will mean for the Nicaraguan people in the future.

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Toni Solo, host of http://tortillaconsal.com continues his analysis of the Nicaraguan elections and the landslide victory of the Sandinista Front looking at what this means for the region, and what it will mean for the Nicaraguan people in the future.

Toni Solo, host of http://tortillaconsal.com calls from Nicaragua to talk about the landslide electoral victory of the Sandinista Front. Much to the chagrin of the neo-liberal oriented opposition parties, the social programs of the Sandinista Front has one the respect of the people.

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Toni Solo, host of http://tortillaconsal.com calls from Nicaragua to talk about the landslide electoral victory of the Sandinista Front. Much to the chagrin of the neo-liberal oriented opposition parties, the social programs of the Sandinista Front has one the respect of the people.

Corrina Grace is visiting Australia after five years working on aid projects in Guatemala. An engineer by profession she is passionate about appropriate technologies and sustainability. She emphasises that there is a high level of consciousness in the underprivileged communities of Guatemala of climate change and the Global financial crisis. It is no longer a topic for debate, but critical issues to which they are already taking steps to adapt.

With her is a team of six young Guatemalans who are touring Australia to learn techniques and methods of sustainable technologies and permaculture.

Corrina Grace is visiting Australia after five years working on aid projects in Guatemala. An engineer by profession she is passionate about appropriate technologies and sustainability. She emphasises that there is a high level of consciousness in the underprivileged communities of Guatemala of climate change and the Global financial crisis. It is no longer a topic for debate, but critical issues to which they are already taking steps to adapt.

With her is a team of six young Guatemalans who are touring Australia to learn techniques and methods of sustainable technologies and permaculture.

Interview with student spokesperson for the Chilean student movement that is sending a shockwave through Latin American society with its determined resistance to the privatisation of the education system.

Interview with student spokesperson for the Chilean student movement that is sending a shockwave through Latin American society with its determined resistance to the privatisation of the education system.

Victor Marillanca was one of the first wave of Latin American refugees arriving in Australia to escape the US promoted 'dirty wasr' in Latin America. He describes graphically his experience of the days of the coup against Salvador Allende in Chile on September 11 1973. A tireless worker on community radio in Australia he presents his view of the student uprising happening in Chile at this time, the role of the media, and how and why it is happening.

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Victor Marillanca was one of the first wave of Latin American refugees arriving in Australia to escape the US promoted 'dirty wasr' in Latin America. He describes graphically his experience of the days of the coup against Salvador Allende in Chile on September 11 1973. A tireless worker on community radio in Australia he presents his view of the student uprising happening in Chile at this time, the role of the media, and how and why it is happening.